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Mario Ancic vs Rafael Nadal Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Mario Ancic seasons:20102009200820072006
Rafael Nadal seasons:20242023202220212020
🇭🇷 Mario Ancic
🇪🇸 Rafael Nadal
Age: 42y 80d (1984-03-30)
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
(1986-06-03) Age: 40y 15d
Hand: L
Backhand: 2H
1 - 4
Wins: 20.0% - 80.0%
Hard 0–2Clay 0–1Grass 0–1
Slam 0–1250 1–1Masters 1000 0–2
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🇭🇷Mario Ancic and 🇪🇸Rafael Nadal have met 5 times. Rafael Nadal currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 4–1.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇭🇷Mario Ancic has compiled an overall career record of 208–135 across 343 matches, translating to a win rate of 60.64%. On hard courts his record stands at 111–80 (58.12%), while on clay he holds a 35–26 (57.38%) mark. On grass the numbers read 40–14 (74.07%) , and on carpet 22–15 (59.46%). Throughout his career he has won 3 titles (2 grass, 1 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 13–41 (24.07%).

🇪🇸Rafael Nadal, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 1080–228 from 1308 matches (82.57% win rate). His hard-court record is 518–151 (77.43%), on clay he stands at 484–51 (90.47%), and on grass he has gone 76–20 (79.17%) , with a carpet record of 2–6 (25.00%). He has accumulated 92 titles in total (25 hard, 63 clay, 4 grass). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 186–105 (63.92%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On hard courts they have met 2 times, with Rafael Nadal leading 2–0 (100.00%). The clay record between them sits at 1–0 (100.00% for Rafael Nadal) across 1 matches. On grass, their 1 encounter has yielded a record of 1–0 (100.00% for Rafael Nadal).

Dateâ–¼
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
2010-03-11Indian Wells MastersHardR323🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (3)694🇭🇷Mario Ancic6-2 6-23665364.9%95.8%69.2%0/0
2008-04-20Monte Carlo MastersClayR322🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (2)55🇭🇷Mario Ancic (WC)6-0 6-33761087.5%71.4%80.0%0/1
2004-02-09MilanCarpetR16107🇭🇷Mario Ancic41🇪🇸Rafael Nadal (6)7-5 6-238010174.0%81.1%76.9%0/0
2004-01-12AucklandHardR1648🇪🇸Rafael Nadal74🇭🇷Mario Ancic (Q)7-6(0) 7-6(6)31132268.4%68.5%72.0%5/7
2003-06-23WimbledonGrassR12876🇪🇸Rafael Nadal68🇭🇷Mario Ancic6-3 6-4 4-6 6-451842074.8%66.3%63.6%11/14

Wins

Mario Ancic
Rafael Nadal
1–4Overall
0–1Grand Slam
0–2Masters 1000
1–1ATP 250
0–2Hard
0–1Clay
0–1Grass
1–0Indoor Hard

Sets Format

25.0%1
75.0%3
Bo3
0.0%0
100.0%1
Bo5
25.0%1
75.0%3
2 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
3 Sets
0.0%0
100.0%1
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
Mario Ancic
Rafael Nadal

Deciding

0.0%0
0.0%0
Decider Set
0.0%0
100.0%1
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
100.0%1
After 3 hours
Mario Ancic
Rafael Nadal

Sets

25.0%3
75.0%9
All
25.0%1
75.0%3
Grand Slam
0.0%0
100.0%4
Masters 1000
0.0%0
100.0%4
Hard
25.0%1
75.0%3
Grass
0.0%0
100.0%2
Clay
100.0%2
0.0%0
Carpet
Mario Ancic
Rafael Nadal

Games

42.2%49
57.8%67
All
43.6%17
56.4%22
Grand Slam
22.6%7
77.4%24
Masters 1000
38.1%16
61.9%26
Hard
43.6%17
56.4%22
Grass
20.0%3
80.0%12
Clay
65.0%13
35.0%7
Carpet
Mario Ancic
Rafael Nadal

Overview

By Surface

Mario Ancic
Rafael Nadal

By Tournament Level

Mario Ancic
Rafael Nadal

By Round

Mario Ancic
Rafael Nadal

By Opponent Ranking

Mario AncicRafael Nadal
0%0-6
vs Top 1
54.8%23-19
12.1%4-29
vs Top 5
59.6%93-63
24.1%13-41
vs Top 10
63.9%186-105
36.5%31-54
vs Top 20
70.4%335-141
54.3%146-123
vs Top 100
81.4%927-212
83.6%61-12
vs +100
90.5%153-16
43.9%65-83
vs Higher
55%71-58
73.2%142-52
vs Lower
85.6%1009-170

Opponent Breakdown

Mario AncicRafael Nadal
58.3%35-25
Vs Younger
81.9%470-104
61.1%173-110
Vs Older
83.1%610-124
60.7%185-120
Vs Right-Handed
82%963-211
58.3%21-15
Vs Left-Handed
87.3%117-17
56.2%100-78
Vs 2H Backhand
82.5%765-162
63.5%73-42
Vs 1H Backhand
82.7%315-66
60.8%192-124
Vs Shorter
86.5%447-70
50%4-4
Vs Taller
80.5%498-121

Pressure Situations